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College students know more about politics than pop culture
04-12-2007 · EurekAlert!The "National Survey of Civic and Political Engagement of Young People" compared college students with young people not in college full time. Far from being self-absorbed, college students are civically and politically engaged, and more likely to be so than non-students. Surprisingly, those in both categories are far more likely to be able to name their US representative than the winner of "American Idol."
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